Clothes-rack.



F. E. TINKHAM.

CLOTHES RACK.

APPLICATION man MAR.5, 19|5.

Ptented Mar. 7,1916.

M .i amb FLOYDIE. TINKHAM, 0F BATAVIA, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Mar.. '7, 1916.

Application 1ed 'March 5, 1915. Serial No. 12,439. i

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FLOYD E. TINKHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Batavia, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and useful clothes rack that can be readily adjusted to any height. This and other objects of this invention will be fully illustrated in the drawings, described in the specification and pointed out inthe claim at the end thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clothes rack. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on `the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the figures like reference numerals indicate like parts.

The clothes rack consists of an upright 1 having the supporting blocksv or brackets 2 and 3 fastened to either end thereof. The upright is fastened to the studding of the wall by means of suitable screws fastened through the upright 1 and blocks 2 and 3 respectively. The object of the blocks 2 and 3 is to support the upright 1 at a suitable distance from the wall to allow the support 4 to slide freely up or down thereon. For this purpose the support 4 is provided with a sleeve or socket 5 which surrounds the upright. Suitably spaced apart on the upright 1 are the notches or grooves 6 which are preferably cut into the upright at an angle thereto as shown in both of the figures.

The support 4 is held in place on the upright by means of a spring 7. This spring is pivoted at 8, 8 near the top of the sleeve 5 at either side thereof and passes through the top of the support at 9, 9 and down toV one of the notches or grooves 6. By passing this spring through the top of the sup port at a suitable distance from its pivot 8 enough tension is put on it to make the end of the spring pressV against the upright 1 and snap into the notches 6, clamping the support 4 rigidly onto the upright.

I/Vhen it is desired to raise or lower the support 4 along the upright 1, the spring 7 is pulled out of the groove 6 in which it had been previously placed. This leaves the sleeve 5 free to move up or down'and when the desired height is reached the spring is upright,

allowed to snap into the corresponding groove on the upright 1. This arrangement gives the user of this rack a considerablev range in the adjustment of its height. This Aadjustment too' is secured in a very simple the support 4 as shown in Fig. 1.v The bars.

are preferably made flat and have on one end thereof the hook screws 11 and on the other endthe pins 12 fastened therein.- The .hooks 11 and pins 12 are for the purpose of holding the bars-9, 9 in the support 4. When the bars are not in use they are supported from the rim of the support lby means of the hooks 11 while the pins 12 are used for a stop when the bars are pulled out or erected to prevent them from sliding v outof the slotslO, 10. `TO hold the bars horizontally when the clothes are hung on them the fiat top 18 of the support 4 is pro-V vided. The inner ends of the bars 9, 9 rest against this top which acts as a stopY there-V for and holds them in a horizontal position, n

as shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to fold the bars back against the upright they are lifted on the end and allowed to drop down throughl the slots of the support until the hooks 11 encounter the rim of the support which stops and holds them in place in inoperative position. To move the bars into operative position the bars are pulled out of the slots 10, 10 until the pins 12 stop them, at which point the bars are allowed to drop into the horizontal or operative position. p

I claim:

In a clothes rack the combination of an a support having a sleeve integral therewith surrounding said upright, said sleeve being mounted to slide on said upright, a bracket on both ends of said upright to hold said upright away from the wall and prevent said sleeve from sliding out of engagement with said upright, a bow spring having its ends rigidly fastenedin the opposite sides of said sleeve, said support being provided with openings in the top through which the sides of said bow spring pass and by which it is held rigidly in poston with its lower` end forced against In testimony whereof I aHX my signature sal uptight, slots out across the front of in presence of two Witnesses.

sai u ri lit, said suino' folmn@ a bail at the bolttoo thereof lto elgage Sad slots to FLOYD E' TXNKHAM' hold said support on said upright and Clamp W'tnesses:

said support rigidly in place thereon, hor- ERIC SCHINGE,

zontal bars Supported from said support. ELEANOR M. CORCORAN,

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